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With a five point edge in voting, how the hell did we barely win?
What exactly accounts for the incredibly consistent divide between urban and rural?
Patrick says
What exactly accounts for the incredibly consistent divide between urban and rural?
https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/11/09/a-tale-of-two-americas/
In population terms at least, red America is now growing far more rapidly than blue America. And this makes it more important politically. Since 1990, Texas has gained eight congressional seats, Florida five and Arizona three. In contrast, New York has lost five, Pennsylvania four and Illinois three. California, which now suffers higher net outbound-migration rates than most Rustbelt states, lost a congressional seat in 2020 for the first time in its history.
This decline in blue America has accelerated since the pandemic, due to rising crime and the availability of remote work. Last year, New York, California and Illinois lost more people to outbound migration than all other states. Demographer Wendell Cox notes that the largest percentage loss of residents has occurred in big core cities such as New York City, Chicago and San Francisco. In contrast, population burgeoned in sprawling areas such as Phoenix, Dallas and Orlando.
The future of the GOP depends on the continued growth of such places, as well as the growth of suburbia nationwide. Between 2010 and 2020, 51 major metropolitan areas lost 2.7million net domestic migrants from their most central counties, while suburban counties gained two million people. The Midterms show that Republicans are gaining ground in these largely suburban areas – particularly in Florida, as well as suburban Phoenix, the outskirts of Atlanta, the Houston exurbs, largely suburban Nashville, the sprawling Virginia Beach area and suburban Detroit. Democrats, where they made gains yesterday, tended to be in places like California, where the Republican Party has all but ceased to exist.
Whether Democrats like it or not, these red-leaning places, not California or New York, are where more Americans plan to settle and start families.
Whether Democrats like it or not, these red-leaning places, not California or New York, are where more Americans plan to settle and start families.
Patrick says
What exactly accounts for the incredibly consistent divide between urban and rural?
https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/11/09/a-tale-of-two-americas/
The only explanation is Dems engaging in favorable redistricting and then projecting and howling like banshees….